Paul
Marvelous Light
No Other Name
How Great Is Our God
In Christ Alone
Hallelujah
Easter hymns and songs
Jon
A consistent theme of life after death
Putting treasures in some celestial kingdom
Focus on going to Heaven
Earth is not our home
Is Heaven our final destination?
Was that the New Testament belief that led them to missions?
2 Peter 3:13
Revelation 21:1-5
Sea is symbolic of darkness separating
Everywhere you look you can see goodness
What it’s supposed to be like
Jesus coming down to us
John 1:14
Like marriage, it’s a union of two people into one
He is one
He is the bridegroom, we are the bride
Wisdom of Solomon Chapter 3:1-3
Writer describes disembodied souls with God, but wait…there’s more
Wisdom 3:7
They will shine forth, some kind of resurrection
Matthew 28:1-10
Jesus’ resurrected body, a physicality
Why weren’t the disciples waiting there
Challenge: believed Messiah would throw Rome out and lead Israel to a renewed existence
Didn’t imagine disembodied terminal on their way to the renewed Israel
Jesus death dashed there hopes, so they go back to former life
Kingdom of Heaven He calls people to, that He wants to establish on earth
1 Corinthians 15:12-18
V. 20 the first fruits of life for those who have fallen asleep
What happened to make early Christians stand in the face of the Roman Empire?
A great reversal: Jesus is alive again and pouring out His Spirit on us
Build into our thinking the resurrection -if it hasn’t happened, our faith is futile
Paul describes it, then…
15:58
Doesn’t say relax and don’t engage in this world that will pass
Says the present life is just as crucial as the next life
What you do with your body is going to last through the resurrection
MT Wright
Activities aren’t about making the present world bearable
Matt Kladnick
Skid Row Outreach
Easy to live a Good Friday faith
Hard to live an Easter faith, that God will support our outreach
Kids were talking to a man, who asked for prayer, Grace started praying and he said he couldn’t hear out of that ear, so Grace said why didn’t you say so and asked if she could pray for his ear. She got some kids together and they prayer for his ear. When they were done, he said he could hear a little bit, so one of the kids said, “A little bit? Let’s go again.” and he was healed.
Maybe there’s something you need prayer for: God wants to hear from you tonight
We’ve got a resurrected Jesus today
God wants to do something in your life
Jon
Proclaim resurrected life
Great reversal of all things
All things that were broken are being works anew
Jesus came out the other side
Mary grabbed his feet
Doubting Thomas
John 20:26
Walked through the wall as if it didn’t matter
Resurrected body has a new dimension to it
New heaven and new earth, husband and wife coming together, more dimensions
Resurrection
Launched into it
Paul: Be steadfast, your work is not in vain
Everything will be incorporated into the new world
Our bodies are not a cheap prototype
Restoring the innermost parts – our humanity is important to Jesus
Luke: recovering sight to the blind
Promised a special release – more dimensions
Let’s practice now and get the ball rolling in the renewal of all things
Set one another free, set each other free
They want to pray over us
Ask the Holy Spirit to move in our heart
Paul
A now what sermon
Thinking about the cross and the resurrection
Never Lose The Wonder